Stimulus Glitches Mean Fewer Teacher Jobs Are Safe

State Superintendent Joe Morton said earlier this week that nearly 3,800 jobs would be spared thanks to the federal money. Now that number is only about 2,600.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG-TV
Published: March 26, 2009

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Education officials say the number of
Alabama teaching jobs that will be saved by economic stimulus funds
might not be as many as previously thought.
State Superintendent Joe Morton and Gov. Bob Riley announced
earlier this week that nearly 3,800 jobs would be spared for two
years thanks to the federal money.
But Morton told state school board members at a Thursday work
session that glitches in the way some of the stimulus language was
interpreted could lower that number.
Assistant finance superintendent Craig Pouncey said now only
about 2,600 jobs might be saved.
Officials hoped to spare the jobs for two years by cobbling
together about $1 billion from three different areas in the
stimulus package.

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